Fearing Coronavirus Outbreak Among the Ranks, Chinese Military Isolates Officers at Their Residences

Fearing Coronavirus Outbreak Among the Ranks, Chinese Military Isolates Officers at Their Residences
A medical staff member collects samples from Chinese paramilitary police officers to be tested for COVID-19, in Shenzhen, China, on Feb. 11, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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A large number of Chinese military officers have been forcibly isolated since the end of January to ensure that they won’t be infected with the novel coronavirus, insiders have told the Chinese-language Epoch Times.

“Family members can only visit them twice a week to deliver food and exchange clothes,” said a source who lives within an apartment complex in the Haidian district of Beijing that’s reserved for ranking officers within the air force, retired officers, and their families.

Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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